Record ID: NMGW-252132
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate, probably of 13th or 14th century date The buckle plate is near complete, although the buckle frame and pin are missing. The plate has a length of 21.88mm, a width of 18.04mm and has a weight of 3.8g. The buckle plate is folded with a slot for the pin and a recess for the frame. The rear of the folded plate is narrower than the face, with a width of 14.59mm. The face is decorated with a rocker-arm or zigzag border, outside a square panel defined by incised lines. On the interior of the panel is an incised spiral. The incised square and spiral contain…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2007
Last updated: Sunday 20th October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-DC86A1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy annular buckle of Medieval date, probably dating from the late 14th century to the 15th century. The frame is circular with an external diameter of 48-49mm. The frame is of oval section (6 x 5mm) and is plain. The cast pin is 51.8mm long and has a transverse ridge beneath the loop. The pin has a faceted rectangular section and a maximum width of 5.1mm with sides that converge slightly to a blunt point. The buckle weighs 33.3g.
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-1C8EA1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame, probably of mid 14th to 16th century date. The buckle is likely to have been of double oval framed type. The frame has broken with only one of the two loops present and has a surviving length of 17.63mm, width of 21.73mm and weighs 1.6g. The outside edge of the frame has a thickness of 2mm with a flat underside and straight inner-edge. The bar is narrowed and has a diameter of 1.16 – 2.50mm. The frame is likely to have broken on the other side of the bar before the other loop, although it is possible that the frame was of single loop type with cu…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E8ACA3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of 13th to 14th century date. The buckle frame is oval with an ornate outside edge. The pin is present but has broken at the loop and is of simple form with a rectangular section. The frame is of D-shaped section and the bar is narrowed and offset. The outside edge has two prominent central ridges, forming a restriction for the pin and another ridges near the sides separating the slight side knops.
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DECF55
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast annular buckle or open frame brooch of Medieval date, and probably dating from the late 13th to the mid 15th century. The frame is slightly oval and is relatively substantial for a brooch, but has both a restriction and notch for the pin on either side of the frame. The frame is of sub-triangular section, with a rounded outside edge and near-perpendicular (to the underside) inside edge. The frame has a discernible casting flaw on the inside edge and does not carry any decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6AC6D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of mid 14th to early 15th century date The buckle is of oval framed type with composite rigid plates and is near complete but has lost the two sheet plates and the end of one fork, the pin is also unlikely to be original. The buckle has an overall length of 41.31mm and a maximum width across the frame of 22.59mm. The frame is of quadrangular faceted section with a thickness of 2.87mm. The outside edge of the frame has a pointed lip. The bar is continuous with the inside edge of the frame (not off-set). The position where the plates met the frame…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-980133
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of oval framed form with a narrowed and offset bar of 13th to 15th century date The frame is complete (with a length of 20.7mm, a width of 23.5mm and a weight of 2.6g) and is of sub-rectangular section (1.8mm thick). The outside edge is slightly widened (at 2.7mm wide) and is without a lip for the pin. The terminals at the end of the narrowed offset bar, protrude to the rear slightly and may have been zoomorphic beast's heads but are now heavily worn and corroded. No other decoration is evident on the buckle. The pin is of D-shaped section with straig…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Saturday 1st September 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-C9A370
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval buckle with separate plate, probably of mid 14th to 16th century date The buckle comprises the oval frame (26.1mm long and 25.1mm wide) with separate folded sheet plate 30.0mm long, 15.2mm wide and 1.4mm thick). The buckle has an expanded outside edge (4.9mm wide and 4.2mm thick) with a notch for the pin. The sides are convex and the bar is offset. The pin does not survive but the presence of iron corrosion suggests an iron was used. The plate was folded around the bar with a slot for the pin. The plate was probably of rectangular form but is now corroded…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-38A7D3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of mid 12th to 14th century date The buckle frame is oval with ornate outside edge and is missing the pin (with a length of 16.4mm and a weight of 1.9g). The outside edge is of D-shaped section (3.5mm wide and 2.8mm thick) and decorated with transverse grooves but is without a notch for the pin. The sides are convex (giving the buckle a width of 23.8mm and thickness of 1.9mm) and of faceted section. The bar is narrowed and offset (with a diameter of 1.7mm - 2.0mm). The surface has a dark-green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5EBA89
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of 14th to 16th century date The buckle is of 'locking' type and is incomplete, missing the arm (with a length of 28.2mm and a weight of 6.8g). The frame is rectangular 28.3mm long and 16.4mm wide). The outside edge of the frame is wider (at 4.9mmmm compared to 2.0mm) than the other and has a step near the end. The underside of the outside end is bevelled. The sides of the frame are rectangular sectioned and the inside end is circular sectioned (2mm diameter). The chape is oval sectioned around the bar with the central integral pin (9.3mm long). The cop…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-366725
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type and of mid 13th to mid 15th century date The buckle frame is near-circular (24.5mm - 45.4mm external diameter, 34.2mm - 35.2mm internal diameter and weighing 16.9g) and is of faceted, sub-oval section (4.1mm - 5.3mm wide and 4.3mm - 5.2mm thick). Faceting on the frame may be the result of wear from a strap. There is no pin restriction on the frame. The pin is incomplete (with a surviving length of 30.5mm) and has an open loop around the frame, now truncated and is narrowest at the rear of the loop, gradually widening towards the shaft (w…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-479308
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy buckle of 13th or 14th century date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin and is of concave, rectangular form with central bar (with a length of 35.5mm, a width of 45.4mm, a depth of 10.4mm and a weight of 25.5g). Both outside edges are circular-sectioned (6.7mm diameter) with four deep and regularly spaced grooves cut from the outside (3.1mm deep). The frame is enhanced with a cross-hatched design between the grooves. The sides are of sub-rectangular section (4.5mm wide and 3.2mm thick) and are decorated with a circle of pellets with a central pel…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-47ACD3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy buckle of mid-14th to mid-15th century date The buckle is incomplete, missing the sheet plates and one of the side forks (with a length of 8.1g). The frame is oval with a central, pointed lip (5.0mm wide) and a probable notch for the pin, now worn. Otherwise the frame is of consistent with and thickness and of triangular section (2.5mm wide and 2.4mm thick). There are rounded ribs behind the frame (giving the buckle a maximum thickness of 4.6mm and with a length of 5.6mm) suggesting that separate sheet-metal plates were employed. There is a rabbet (3.3mm …
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-6781C5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of 13th to 15th century date The buckle comprises the oval frame only (with a length of 25.5mm, a width of 30.7mm and a weight of 5.7g). The buckle is of simple form with a consistent rectangular section (2.8mm thick). The outside edge is expanded (to 7.0mm wide) and has a notch for the pin. There is no applied decoration on the frame. The surface has a dark-green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-F8D9A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of mid 12th to 14th century date The buckle frame is oval with ornate outside edge and is missing the pin (with a length of 15.7mm and a weight of 1.7g). The outside edge is expanded and of sub-rectangular section (4.8mm long, 4.5mm wide and 3.9mm thick) and decorated on the front and rear with fine ribs and grooves. A pair of ribs near the centre and likely to have acted as a notch for the pin. The sides are convex (giving the buckle a width of 16.7mm) and of rectangular section (0.7mm thick and 2.7mm wide). The square-sectioned bar (1.6mm squa…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-F9BEA5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of mid-14th to mid-15th century date The buckle frame is of D-shaped form and is complete but is missing the pin (with a length of 27.8mm, a width of 26.8mm and a weight of 4.1g). The outside edge has a lip and a notch for the missing pin (with a width of 5.0mm). The frame has a continuous curve to the offset and narrowed bar. The sides are of rounded sub-square section (3mm square) and no applied decoration is evident on the frame. The surface is corroded and pitted with a dark-green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-62F521
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval buckle with separate plate, probably of mid-14th to 16th century date The buckle comprises the oval frame (24.2mm long and 27.1mm wide) with separate folded sheet plate (33.3mm long, 15.8mm wide and 1.4mm thick). The buckle has an expanded outside edge (5.5mm wide and 4.5mm thick), which in convex (8.6mm deep) and has a notch for the pin. The sides are also convex and the bar is offset and narrowed. The pin does not survive but the presence of iron corrosion suggests an iron pin was used. The plate is folded around the bar (7.6mm deep) with a slot for the…
Created on: Monday 26th January 2015
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-F630BB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval framed buckle with roller, probably of 14th or 15th century date The buckle frame is fragmentary, represented by the outside edge and part of the sides only (with a surviving length of 10.4mm, a surviving width of 23.2mm and a weight of 3.4g). The outside edge of the frame is ornate and is of circular section (6.0mm diameter at the ends). The centre is narrowed to accommodate a separate sheet copper alloy roller (10.2mm wide and 6.1mm diameter). The roller was enhanced with pairs of incised lines, now corroded and mostly lost. The sides of the frame were cu…
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-0B2BCC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type, of mid 13th to mid 15th century date. The buckle frame is now oval in shape (length: 43.5mm external and 35.5mm internal diameter, and width: 35.8mm external and 28.5mm internal diameter and weighing 11.16g) but is likely to be of distorted circular form. The frame is of oval section (3.6mm to 3.8mm wide and 2.4mm thick). There is no pin restriction on the frame. The pin is also somewhat distorted and has a moulding at the base. It has an open loop around the frame and the shaft is of sub-rectangular section (3.5mm by 2.9mm at the mouldin…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-8A6431
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of oval frame with composite rigid plates, now missing and of mid-14th or 15th century date The buckle is missing the sheet plates, the pin and is distorted (with a distorted length of 37.2mm and a weight of 6.7g). The frame is oval (with a width of 29.2mm) and has a lip with a notch on the outside edge. The frame is of triangular section (with a thickness of 2.6mm) and narrows at the bar, which has broken because of the distortion. Behind the frame, the spacer has rounded ribs on both faces (with a thickness of 4.1mm), which would have abutted the mi…
Created on: Monday 9th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
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